Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)
Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 200
ambourine, her headthrown back and her hair streaming loosely behind it. The secondis a Satyr playing on the double-flutes, with the skin of a pantherthrown over his left shoulder. The third is likewise a Satyr, ap-parently in a state of intoxication, his head falling forwards, andhis eyes… … the usual mode in which the followers of Dionysus are repre-sented. Several repetitions of this group are extant. This bas-reliefwas discovered by Mr. Gavin Hamilton, at Civita Vecchia, in1776. No. 13, Victory pouring out a libation to Apollo, who appears inhis character of Musegetes, and supports…
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